Saturday, February 27, 2010

AVENUE Models proudly presents "For the Love of McQueen", a tribute to the late Alexander McQueen, where 38 fashion designers have come together to lend their support in each creating a design that is inspired by McQueen's work and spirit.

These original designs created within a week, will be showcased in a fashion show on 28th February 2010 at 12 pm SLT on GOLden shopping sim after which the designs will be available for sale at the designers' stores for the month of March. 100% of the sales proceeds will be donated to the charity, Keep A Child Alive, since Alexander McQueen was a known supporter of similar AIDS / HIV charities.

The project initiated and produced by Rusch Raymaker, CEO of AVENUE Inc, shares her inspiration for organising this project:

"Alexander McQueen represents an immortal legacy of the spirit of innovation that continually pushed the envelope in fashion. Always one to shape and reshape fashion by deconstruction and reconstruction, McQueen was indeed a 21st century designer that constantly dared to refrain from conformity. He gave the world a new vision and perspective about fashion and his knack for story-telling to relay these messages was second to none, richly realized in his designs and fashion show productions. His mind, his spirit and his visions were larger than life.

For all these things and the sense of loss and grief I feel for losing such a great inspiration in my life, I dedicate this tribute, For The Love of McQueen, a collaboration of Second Life's fashion designers, stylists, artists, members of the press and the team from AVENUE Models and AVENUE Magazine, to express our gratitude for the impression Alexander McQueen made on all our lives, real and virtual."

The fashion show will be hosted by Angie Mornington of Fabulous Fashion and staged on a build realized by Babyhoney Bailey based on Rusch Raymaker's inspiration for the show. Machinimaist TommyLee Nightfire will be creating a film documenting the creations and show.

Watch the progression of donations received through this project:http://support.keepachildalive.org/goto/avenuesl

For up to date information please read this press release online: http://avenuemodels.wordpress.com/for-the-love-of-mcqueen/

----Keep a Child Alive is dedicated to providing life-saving anti-retroviral treatment, care and support services to children and families whose lives have been affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa and India by directly engaging the global public in the fight against AIDS.

For more information on how you can directly donate to Keep a Child Alive please contact Danielle Spitzer.

Email: danielle@keepachildalive.orgWebsite: http://keepachildalive.org----AVENUE Models, the premier modeling agency in Second Life®, is well known for their professional organization of lavish and creative fashion events driven by unique and effective marketing and promotions.

AVENUE Inc, the parent company of AVENUE Models, AVENUE Studio, AVENUE Models Academy and AVENUE Magazine, was founded by Rusch Raymaker, CEO in 2007. With a team of highly professional and qualified fashion, creative and marketing professionals, AVENUE strives to continuously promote the Second Life® Fashion Industry to a higher level.

Leading the first fashion track and publishing AVENUE Magazine in print at the Second Life Community Convention 2009, AVENUE continues to break new grounds in fashion marketing and publishing within and outside of Second Life®.

Saturday, February 6, 2010

The GOL Projects is Second Life's premiere lifestyle company, bringing a community together with Design, Shopping, Entertainment and Estates.

Discover the architecture...in the modern home of your dreams built by renowned builder and GOL Founder Dakota Neumann. Explore the both of our GOL Design sims filled with model homes and furnishings.

Discover your own style...at GOLden Shopping the home of Aoharu, LostAngel Industries, BAX Coen Designs, Akeyo and many more. Stop by to see the latest releases and exclusive gifts.

Discover the new sounds...at Element, The 7th. Second Life's most beautiful and popular night club with live DJ's in the mix. Travel the world of music with our international DJ's and hosts. The party never stops!

Discover the modern lifestyle ...in one of our beautifully designed villas on one of our master landscaped sims. Visit our Residential Estates rental office today to find the home of your dreams on one of our three exclusive residential sims.

February 5th, 2010 - Modavia, publisher of the Modavia Fashion Directory, announced today that the company will hold it's next Designer Wardrobe Giveaway event on Sunday the 7th of February. The Giveaway is a regular event held by Modavia to award SL's biggest couture prize - 2 current season wardrobes containing a total of 100 outfits from the top designers in the industry.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Angie Mornington, the host of Fabulous Fashion on Treet TV gave me the best present on Monday! The Lu Sisters of Paper Couture were the Designer Guests!! Ava and Cora were an AB-FAB delight! Both were filled with wit, pomp & sass... a real treat for me personally as I've long been a fan of their work. Thank you Angie for asking me to take part in this episode as a Guest Stylist! I shared some of my favorite accessories from Anexx, LeeZu, So Many Styles and Marcopol Oh Studio. A big thank you goes out to Machang, LeeZu/Barb, Irie and Marco for always inspiring me with their work. I adore you all! Much love to each of you :)

I hope you all will check out the episode! Let me know what you think! And, don't forget to check out these wonderful designers at GOLden Shopping!